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CASE STUDY
SALARY DISCRIMINATION AMONG THE
LIBRARY STAFF
WAHEED SHAHMIR
13/3/2016
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INTRODUCTION
Discrimination of any kind in the working environment is taken on a serious
group for example white discriminates against minority group such as black
or brown and such discrimination leads to reduction in the minority groups
income although both the groups are performing similar jobs.
Empirical Studies have shown that in United States there is a gap of nearly
40% between mens and womens average earnings and a gap of about
30% between the earnings of white and black. Seidel (2000) refers to this
type of inequity as within-job wage discrimination.
Mrs Parker have come to notice a sharp increase in the salary of the newly
appointed Mrs Rohs, Miss P a r k e r feels that the increase is because the
new staff is white and she is being discriminated.
Anyhow the HR Director has answered all Miss Parkers queries in a written
PROBLEM STATEMENT
The employees in the organization are not aware of the compensation system in place
and the Human Resource (HR) department has a very limited role in the organization
in order to decide and train the employees on this matter.
SOLUTIONS
Following are the solutions that are provided from the HR Directors point of view:
The organization needs to emphasize in providing training and briefing on company
policies and practices. As discussed by Mathis R.L. and Jackson J.H. (2008) some of the
highly recognized HR best practices include : employment security, selective
recruiting, high wages, information sharing, training, and promotion from within,
performance measurement. The use of these HR best practices will illustrate HR
strategies that help both employees and employers to obtain performance. In this case
study a well-informed Miss Parker would not have gone through a tough week by
writing in to the HR Director to relieve her anxiety on this matter. This would have
been time saving and would have also provided the employees with the confidence
and trust in the management of the organization.
SOLUTIONS
It is important to keep the employees informed on the pay policies of the
RECOMMENDATIONS
Based on the choices available, the best way to answer the
CONCLUSION
Salary and compensation for the employees of the organization is an